Tech company and venture capital advisors Mike Heath, Cody Peterson, Tim Greene and Nick Feldman join the firm as partners, with a team of nine associates.
A leading team in the Southern California startup ecosystem, Mike, Cody and Nick guide founders, operators and boards at venture-backed companies, as well as their investors, from formation to exit. Tim is a Chambers-recognized tech transactions advisor focused on high-growth tech companies, and is returning to Orrick, where he was previously a partner.
The team’s client portfolio includes hundreds of companies in the most dynamic verticals – including AI, fintech, crypto and blockchain, energytech, digital health, space tech and defense tech. The team also represents leading venture capital funds such as BITKRAFT Ventures, Haun Ventures, Kindred Ventures, Learn Capital, Slauson & Co., Susa Ventures and TenOneTen Ventures.
This addition doubles the size of Orrick’s venture capital platform in Los Angeles.
The team joins from Gunderson Dettmer, where Mike and Cody co-founded the Los Angeles office.
“This is an incredible opportunity to combine two stellar, entrepreneurial teams and an extraordinary portfolio of venture capital fund and company clients. We’re coming off a remarkable year for our clients and our firm in a dynamic and shifting global market, and we believe it’s a moment to make transformational investments in the tech ecosystem. We have no doubt we will look back at the addition of this top talent as a foundational moment,” said Orrick Chair Mitch Zuklie.
“We have long admired Orrick’s all-in commitment to the tech ecosystem – and the firm’s strategy of assembling top federal and state regulatory, enforcement, litigation and transactional advisors focused on emerging areas like fintech, crypto and blockchain, energytech, space tech and healthtech,” said Mike, speaking on behalf of the team. “This move enables us to offer our clients the kind of holistic, strategic advice that disruptors need in order to thrive in a constantly changing market.”
“We have competed against this top-tier team for a decade and hold them in the highest regard. Now, we are thrilled to combine forces to build a true market leader,” said Josh Pollick, the Santa Monica-based co-leader of Orrick’s global Technology Companies Group.
Orrick was recently named a Law360 Tech Practice Group of the Year for the second year in a row and has ranked top 5 globally for VC deals for seven years (PitchBook). In 2024, the firm advised on 1,000+ venture and growth financings with a total value of $45+ billion and 170+ M&A transactions totaling $29+ billion.
With these additions, the firm has added 29 partners in 15 markets to its tech platform over the past two years, including last month’s hire of Eric Hochstadt as head of the firm’s global Antitrust Litigation practice.
This news story was originally published on the firm’s website.